Mining is an extremely dangerous job.

Even if you are careful and be prepared in advance, the probability of survival in the face of sudden collapses, magma eruptions and other disasters is minimal.

And it is impossible to have a situation like Zhou Ming's world, where the government organizes 10,000 people and 100 units of equipment to rescue, the news media broadcasts day and night, and the people across the country are anxious to see a miracle happen.

No one went to save it!

In addition, through two game experiences, Zhou Ming discovered a rule: the average life expectancy of male miners is no more than 35 years old, and no more than 5% of miners who can live to be over 40 years old.

The average life span is so short. On the one hand, the intensity of mining labor is too high, and the physical overdrawing is long-term, and the aging speed is accelerated. On the other hand, various sudden underground disasters have led to a large number of accidental deaths. About two of every five miners will die in mine accidents, and one will be disabled, and there will be no compensation.

A large number of men die abnormally, which leads to the imbalance of the ratio of men and women in various mining areas, with more women and fewer men, and polygamy becoming a normal phenomenon. Even so, many adult women still find it difficult to get married, especially those widows with children. No one dares to marry them. In order to survive, they can only follow them to go to the mine.

Is there no such mineral veins that can cause fewer ores, have high ore value and abundant reserves, and can only be digging for a few hours a day to ensure the whole family’s food and clothing?

some.

Not only there are, but only in the third mining area, there are fifteen or sixteen such stable ore veins.

However, this type of mineral veins is occupied by the large families in the third mining area. These families are numerous and powerful, well-equipped, and have a single family, and cannot fight against them at all.

Such as the Jin brothers, the Lang brothers, the Shi brothers, the Sha brothers... As long as the mineral veins in your hand are targeted by these brothers, there is basically no possibility of being saved.

Therefore, after experiencing the two games, another game was started. Even if Zhou Ming told Tieqiang several stable mineral veins he had recorded, he might not be able to defend it with the power of the Tie family.

"What kind of mineral resources are they that can be mined for a long time, and are of high value, and are not very hard or dangerous?"

At this time, when something was remembered in my mind, Zhou Ming suddenly became extremely excited:

"I have a way!"

Enter the game again!

...

In the blink of an eye, Tieqiang is already 16 years old. Because of his full nutrition, he is now a little stronger than his two brothers. The credit he has earned in recent years is even more than his father and brothers combined. Since he often digs some high-value rare mines, he also has the nickname "Lucky Tieqiang".

He even had many "sexual encounters", and many beautiful widows and little beauties in the Sanmin District favored him and seduced him to the extreme.

Of course, the young Tieqiang couldn't hold on. Although he was only 16 years old, he had achieved the achievement of killing ten people. He accidentally became the father of two children, causing a small part of his income to flow into the hands of those women.

But he doesn't care. As long as he has the "old grandfather" in his mind, he doesn't have to worry about not having enough credit.

Now, just after he got off work today, the "old grandpa" in his mind told him another thing that surprised him.

"Tieqiang, do you want to do the kind of job that doesn't have to go down the mine and mine again, and you can get countless credit points every day when you sit at home?"

"Think about it, of course I want to! Is there really such a job?" Tieqiang, who was exhausted, immediately sat up from the iron bed and asked excitedly.

"Sometimes, as long as you find a mine, a mine with unlimited value."

"What mine? I'll look for it right away!"

"Water, go to shallow mining areas, it's easy to find water."

"water?"

Tieqiang was shocked, then shook his head and said, "What are you looking for water? There is no way to mine it. And you can buy it from the company. A liter of water is only worth 2 credit points..."

Tieqiang disagreed and thought that water was not a rare thing and could not be sold for so much money. However, after hearing the idea that "the old man" said to him, Tieqiang became more and more excited. He only took a short break for a few hours and then took the tools to go to the place designated by the old man in the shallow area to look for water.

After searching for about a month, he drilled seven or eight holes in a row with a rock drill. Just as the iron was about to lose confidence, a white liquid rush hit the machine in his hand at high speed, hitting the flexible protective suit and causing a pain. He couldn't help but relax his hand. The rock drill fell down, and the man also went to the side to avoid the impact of the thin line-like water flow.

"I found the water, I found the water!"

Tieqiang screamed excitedly. In reality, Zhou Ming also drew a half arc at the corner of his mouth, and nodded with a smile.

Groundwater is not difficult to find. Just above the shallow rock layer 4,000 meters above the third mining area, there is a large rock water storage layer with a water storage capacity of more than 10 million tons. In the last life, when Tieqiang was 30 years old, a company exploration team accidentally drilled the rock layer and gushed out a large amount of high-pressure freshwater with a flow of hundreds of cubic meters per second, causing the death of several exploration team members on the spot. About half of such a huge amount of freshwater flowed down into the third living area. In the next two years, the third living area was suffering from the flooding of groundwater.

After the water in the rock reservoir was almost flowing, there was an additional lake with an area of ​​about ten acres in the third living area.

Zhou Ming has set his sights on these waters, what's the use?

The first thing is to sell it is to sell it. These waters contain various trace elements and can be consumed directly. If you collect all these fresh waters, put them in containers, and sell them at a price of 1 to 1.5 credit points per liter. Just based on the drinking demand of more than 3,000 people in the third living area (2 liters per day), you can earn 6,000-9,000 credit points.

This does not include people's daily washing water, bathing water (people here take a bath up to twice a year), cleaning tools... The amount of water used in these aspects will not be less than the amount of drinking water.

The second is to farm, and use this water to grow grain and vegetables.

Isn’t this a joke to grow grain and vegetables 12km underground?

No joke, water is the source of life. Even in the harshest places in the environment, plants can grow as long as there is water or barren soil.

Of course, external energy supply must be added, such as light energy used for plant photosynthesis.

At this time, someone may be laughing. The electricity provided by mining companies requires one credit point for 1 degree. People usually don’t have to turn on the light for an extra minute, and they will turn off the light. You use this precious electricity to emit light energy and allow plants to absorb and grow. Haven’t this cost been carefully calculated?

Of course, Zhou Ming had calculated it, so he planned to let Tieqiang assemble the generator to generate electricity by himself and be self-sufficient.

How to generate electricity?

Underground magma.

Yes, the temperature of underground magma is as high as more than 3,000 degrees. Even if a steam boiler is placed near the magma river, the steam continues to expand and performs work under the high temperature of thousands of degrees, which drives the power generation device to generate electricity. The generated electricity is then transported to the living area through wires. The electricity is converted into light energy through light bulbs, and the energy for plant growth is also available.

With the level of technological development in this world, mineral companies still provide materials such as high-Tesla magnets, wires, copper wires, welding equipment, plastic water pipes, high-strength steel plates and other materials.

In order to meet the tastes of different consumer groups, some cereals, beans, and even corn kernels are provided, but the price is much more expensive than compressed nutritional meals.

So, after successfully finding the water, in the next few years, Tieqiang brought his brother and father to help, installed a pressure-resistant water pipe that was more than 4,000 meters long, controlled the water resources, and sold the water for a while, and earned his first pot of gold: a credit point of 3 million.

Taking these credit points, he bought a batch of equipment and materials. The Tie family organized a group of personnel to successfully assemble a power generation device with a power generation power of 20kw deep in the underground, and transmitted it to the living area through cables. Under Zhou Ming's guidance, Tieqiang built the first greenhouse made of glass boxes and the light bulb on the top finally used free electricity.

Two months later, the first batch of peas ripened. After picking them, the pea soup cooked by mother Hongyan instantly conquered everyone's stomach and intestines.

After waiting for another month, the rice has matured, the barley has matured, and the corn has matured... There are countless tricks on the Tie family's dining table.

Some people may ask, this is water, electricity, and food and vegetables. The Tie family has made so many tricks, are others greedy and want them?

Of course I am jealous, of course I want it!

Especially the Jin brothers, the Wolf brothers, and the two largest local snakes in the third mining area were so envious that they stretched their hands several times, but they had almost nothing except suffering losses and paying heavy prices.

It turned out that in order to protect these interests, Tieqiang followed Zhou Ming's advice and took half of the profits earned by selling water. He hired 30 miners with the best skills and physique in the mining area to act as full-time bodyguards to defend the interests of the Tie family. In addition, four fathers and sons of the Tie family, as well as more than a dozen relatives, and nearly 50 strong men were not afraid of any force at all.

Moreover, after the greenhouse was built, as the scale of the greenhouse expanded, the output of grain and vegetable continued to increase, and the demand for manpower also increased. The Tie family also hired wives of miners and some extremely poor widows to work in the greenhouse. Although the salary and benefits were not very high, it greatly reduced the burden on the family and the labor intensity was not high. For a time, being able to work in the Tie family greenhouse became a housewife in the mining area, and everyone envied.

but……

Will everything continue to develop so smoothly?
Chapter completed!